There are many moments in emergency medicine where it is easy to make yourself smaller. It can happen in a crowded trauma bay, where multiple voices compete for attention and decisions need to be made quickly. It can happen on a consult call, where you are trying to advocate for a patient while navigating interruptions or differing opinions. It can happen in meetings, where you have something meaningful to contribute but hesitate, unsure of when or how to enter the conversat

In Time Is Finite, Dr. Jenna Taglienti writes about being a physician, a program director, a parent and then suddenly, a patient. A diagnosis that did not fit the narrative. A life that, from the outside, looked full and stable, interrupted in a way no one expects.

Why is this article important? We’ve spent years studying gender differences in evaluations, feedback, and operative experience. But in Emergency Medicine—where procedural competence is core to training—we’ve had surprisingly little data on something fundamental: Do men and women residents actually get the same procedural experience? Because in EM, opportunity = experience = competence = confidence.

Work life balance —it is a phrase we are hearing everywhere . It seems our entire society is overworked, tired and trying to find a way out. In reality the concept seems nebulous. What does it mean to be balanced? Can one really have true balance? Today Dr. Anne Slater joins us on the blog to discuss how to find balance or get back to equilibrium in your life. Keep reading for great advice... This post contains affiliate links. SheMD will make a commission at no extra cost